The rough opening of an interior door is two inches wider than the width of the door and two inches higher than its height.
Rough opening for closet sliding doors.
Make sure the openings are at least a quarter of an inch larger on the top and the sides.
You can use a level to be sure it is even all the way around.
We typically went 82 1 2 but you have to take into consideration the flooring used and adjust accordingly.
The rough opening should be 49 by 82 for a 48 by 80 inch door.
A typical interior door has a.
The space between the floor and the bottom of the door may vary depending on the type of flooring.
Check the 4 corners with your framing square.
This allows for 1 2 inch thick drywall on both sides and at the top 80 inches for the doors and hardware and a 1 to 1 1 2 inch space under the door.
For 32 doors with a 1 inch lap your width would be 65 82 is a standard height for most applications.
You can adapt standard interior doors to use as sliding closet doors.
The standard height is 80 inches which you can trim to fit your.
You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door.
The doors have rollers that are adjustable so if the call out size is 60 x 80 than that would be the opening size that it would fit in.
These doors come in 24 28 30 32 and 36 inch widths.
So for the rough opening all you would have to do is minus the thickness of whatever you are using to finish it with.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
Getting the rough opening size right the first time will save you from frustration when installing your doors.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
An opening of roughly 72 inches in width and 80 inches in height is the usual requirement for a sliding door frame.
Rough opening for sliding closet doors in recent times folding sliding doors have grown in popularity amongst homeowners all over the world.
The finished opening should be just about the same size.
This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.
Thus your rough opening width is 38.